bokomslag Cockburn and the British Navy in Transition
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Cockburn and the British Navy in Transition

Roger Morriss

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  • 352 sidor
  • 1997
Sir George Cockburn was the most influential serving officer in the politics of the British navy in the nineteenth century. He came to public notice as the man who burned the White House, following his part in the British attack on Washington in 1814. He also escorted Napoleon to St Helena after Waterloo. But his greatest impact was as the Admiralty Commissioner who presided over much of the transition of the British navy from sail to steam between 1818 and 1846. This book examines the career of a formidable personality who maintained the interests and professionalism of the British navy through one of the most difficult periods of political and technological evolution it has yet faced. It provides a unique insight into the conduct of the British Admiralty and will appeal to both the specialist and general reader.
  • Författare: Roger Morriss
  • Format: Inbunden
  • ISBN: 9780859895262
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 352
  • Utgivningsdatum: 1997-11-01
  • Förlag: University of Exeter Press